Legal Opinion
Rankin v. City of Philadelphia
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 31, 1997No. Civil Action 96-2882PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.
Plaintiff Wayne G. Rankin (“Rankin”) brought this action against defendants City of Philadelphia (the “City”), Michael Gordon (“Gordon”), James Coleman (“Coleman”) and Episcopal Long Term Care, Inc./Philadelphia Nursing Home (“Episcopal”) under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1994) and Pennsylvania’s Whistleblower Law, 43 Pa.Stat.Ann. tit. 43, §§ 1421-1428 (West 1991). Rankin alleges that the defendants fired him because he refused to cover up health and safety violations he discovered in the course of his employment. He claims that this termination…
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